COLUMBIA – Sauer Danfoss in Easley, S.C. has been recognized as one of the newest members of the South Carolina Environmental Excellence Program (SCEEP), the state Department of Health and Environmental Control announced today.
“The facility has shown a commitment to excellence by utilizing its environmental management system to manage programs and foster continual improvement in its environmental performance,” said Bob King, DHEC’s deputy commissioner for Environmental Quality Control. “The company has recycled an estimated 700 tons of material since January 2007, which demonstrates a leadership commitment toward improving South Carolina’s environment.
“That leadership includes several initiatives to reduce the plant’s waste stream,” King said. “To further lessen its impact on the environment, the facility has instituted aggressive goals for the future, including working toward reductions of wastewater disposal by 10 percent, electrical usage by 10 percent and natural gas usage by 25 percent.”
King said SCEEP is a voluntary program recognizing South Carolina facilities that have demonstrated environmental performance through pollution prevention, energy and resource conservation, and the use of an environmental management system. Created in 1997, there are currently 33 members of SCEEP.
For more information, visit the SCEEP Web page at: http://www.scdhec.gov/sceep or contact the program coordinator, Christine Steagall, at (803) 896-8986 or steagacl@dhec.sc.gov.